Interesting... I did the same thing. I opened up the object inspector and could find no TEXTVALUE entry or anything else for that matter. The object creation data must be buried somewhere. I'm going to use Lena's workaround too.
Dennis McGrath Software Developer QMI Security Solutions 1661 Glenlake Ave Itasca IL 60143 630-980-8461 [email protected] ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of md Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 2:58 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Variable Date/Time Picker questions It's too bad that property TEXTVALUE does not apply for the "date/time picker" object. However, when I use your technique in a variable edit object and place the [PROPERTY vevBegDate TEXTVALUE .vTmp ] in the fields entry EEP, today's date does populate the field. Nice technique that I will keep in mind for the future. Thank you Lena Manuel From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lena Dammstrom Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 4:55 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Variable Date/Time Picker questions Second issue: I've run into that issue also. Set var vTmp = #Date In the On After Start use property command - Property componentid TEXTVALUE 'vTmp' This still allows to initially display as null, but when user click, sets to todays date. Lena From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of md Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 11:03 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Variable Date/Time Picker questions Hello Everyone, I am back from the dying and in need of a little help. Two issues when using the form's variable date/time picker object in R:BASE eXtreme 9.1 (32), U.S. Version, Build: 9.1.5.20317. FIRST ISSUE: I cannot get the DROPCOLUMNS or the DROPROWS properties to work. I tried it in the form designer under properties and I tried it programmatically using the PROPERTY COMMANDS PROPERTY vdpvBegDate DROPCOLUMNS '3' PROPERTY vdpvBegDate DROPROWS '2' No luck, I always get a single calendar to display when I click on the object. SECOND ISSUE: If the variable used to collect the date range are set to NULL then the default date that appears on the forms is the date I created the date/time picker on the form. In my case 1/15/2011. The calendar opens in January 2011 when the user clicks on the object. This is a bit annoying to some customers. The "SHOWTODAY" property displays today's date at the bottom of the calendar that helps the user get to a more current year. Another workaround I tried is to set the variables to #DATE. What am I doing wrong? Really appreciate any help I can get, Manuel de Aguiar
